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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



The Value of Straw for Fodder 201 



A few Words on Haying 202 



" Now you Look like a Gentleman" 203 



Mowing Machines on Small Farms 204 



The Value of Commercial Manures 205 



A Model New England Town. Beecher ou Fast Horses 206 



The Potato Bird." Liquid Manure 207 



A Design for a Thousand Dollar Farm House Wanted 208 



Spirit of the Agricultural Press 208 



The Sex ol Eggs. Is the Hog a Grazier? 208 



California Wheat at the Great" International Exhibition. 2t£ 



A Great Cabbage Storv. To Kill Lice on Stock 209 



Tanning skins. Hungarian Grass 2 9 



Magnitude of the Egg Trade. Horsebacks 209 



Relative Value of Food for Milch Cows 209 



Cheap Summer Feed for Hogs. A Story of a Chicken.. 209 



Raising Turkeys 210 



Management of Honey Bees 210 



Ital an Bees— Reply to Mr. Rose 210 



Thorley's Food 'or Cattle 211 



Cultivation of Indian Corn 212 



Green Mountain Waifs 218 



A Smooth Surface for Corn and a Rough Surface for Wheat.. 213 



Don't let the Grain get too Ripe 214 



Application of Manures 2 4 



Hoe the Turnips Short-horns in France 215 



Plow Land Twice for Buckwheat 115 



Massachusetts Agriculture. Beans for Hogs 215 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Walks and Talks in the Garden— No. 3 216 



Trellises for Gripes again. The Douglas Fir 220 



Grapes on Kelley's Island. Thinning Pears 220 



Summer Pruning of Grape Vines. Transplanting Cabbage.. 221 



Horticultural Items from Foreign Journals 221 



Native Wine in the Army 221 



Cropping Orchards. Mulch the Tomatoes 222 



The Distinction between a Carnation and a Picotee 222 



TOUNG PEOPLE'S PAGE. 



Downfall of Master Fluke 223 



LADIES' DEPARTMENT. 



Original Domestic Receipts 224 



Some Hints about Ladies' Bonnets 224 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



A Dot. Gough's Apostrophe to Water, &c 225 



EDITOR'S TABLE. 



Notes on the Weather, 226 



The Markets 127 



Items, Noiiees. &c, 227, 228, 229 



Agricultural Items 228 



Literary Notices. 228 



Inquiries and Answers, 229 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The Potato Bird T1 



Plan for a Small Farm House. . 208 



Ground and Chamber Floor do 208 



Jenny Lind Strawberry. Large Early Scarlet do 216 



Brinckle's Orange Raspberry ."". 217 



Figure illustrating Pruning Pear Trees 218 



Carnations in Layers. Summer House. Rustic Seats 218 



Badly Trained Hedge. Properly Trained Hedge 219 



American Arbor Vise Hedge 219 



Douglas Fir. Smith's Spruce Fir 220 



Downfall of Master Fluke 223 



Fairs.— Next month we shall give our usual list of the 

 Fairs to be held this fall, and shall be glad if the Secre- 

 taries of the Societies will inform us of the time and 

 place of holding. 



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Notes on the Weather from May 15th to June 16th, 

 1862. — The temperature for the first half of May was a 

 little below the average, and in the last half a little above 

 it, so that the average of the month was 55.8°, and for 

 twenty-five years was 56.1°, not half a degree below. The 

 highest temperature was S9°, on the 18th, and the hottest 

 day 76°. The weather in this section has betn uniformly 

 pleasant, and destitute of any striking results. The rain 

 of the month was only 1.95 inches, and in the previous- 

 mouth 1.89 inches, so that the earth was very dry, and 

 the spring crops have suffered. Severe thunder storms 

 occurred at the South and West, but very little lightning 

 in our city or its vicinity. The month has been pleasant 

 and prosperous for the farmer. 



We had a slight frost on the 24th instant, and the next 

 morning, which did little injury. 



The canals have been navigated for the month, and a 

 great amount of cereals, lumber, Ac, has been moved 

 eastward. The weather has been favorable for planting 

 corn, potatoes, &c. 



June has been cooler, and the average of the first half 

 is 60.7°, or only three degrees below the mean for twenty- 

 five years, and about six degrees below last June. N» 

 rain of consequence has fa' ten here, while abundance has 

 been poured down at the south, and even this State below 

 the middle line of it has been drenched. To the very end 

 of the month the drouth is upon us, and the spring crops 

 must soon be destroyed without rain. Well may we trust 

 that so great an evil will be prevented by a kind Provi- 

 dence. Yet, wells and springs are little affected, and 

 trees and plants whose roots penetrate deep into the 

 earth appear to suffer but little. The northern half of 

 Western New York and most of Canada West, greatly 

 feel fhe drouth. Rain only 0.17 inches. 



The highest heat of noon was 84° on the 12th, and the 

 coldest was 50" at 7 o'clock on the 1st. The hottest day 

 was 73°. Strawberries have begun to come to market 

 from our gardens, and are brought abundantly from 

 Cincinnati. Cherries begin to be ripe. Fields of winter 

 wheat and rye were finely headed some days since, and 

 the promise of harvest is so far fine. 



